IFPRI study released: Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation

IFPRI Report: Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation

Twenty five million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to effects of climate change, according to a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This study, the most comprehensive assessment of the impact of climate change on agriculture to date, compares the number of malnourished children in 2050 with and without climate change.

The report, “Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation,” was prepared by IFPRI for inclusion in two separate reports for the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, both released today in conjunction with international climate change meetings in Bangkok.

The first of its kind, this study combines climate models that project changes in rainfall and temperature and a crop model to capture biophysical effects with IFPRI’s economic model of world agriculture. The latter projects changes in the production, consumption and trade of major agricultural commodities.

Media release:

For the full text of the media release and to download the report, please go to the IFPRI website:

IFPRI media release: http://www.ifpri.org/pressrelease/new-report-climate-change-projects-25-...
IFPRI report: http://www.ifpri.org/publication/climate-change-impact-agriculture-and-c...